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midnight |
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Zuider Zee |
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An RAF bomber crew |
one luminous orange disc |
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357 |
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22h00 |
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north of Strasbourg |
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a USAAF P-70 fighter (415th NFS) crew |
several luminous spheres with pulsating light |
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303/352/357 |
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midnight |
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Speyer |
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a USAAF P-70 fighter (415th NFS) crew |
a huge orange sphere |
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03/22/352 |
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10h00 |
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Texas |
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USAAF C-47 (2nd AF headquarters) pilot + 2 passengers |
a cylindrical shaped object, dull flat grey, traveled in straight line, 30 ft long |
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03 |
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Fala Island, Truck Atoll |
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a B-24 bomber pilot |
2 cherry red objects changing color, followed aircraft through evasive actions |
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03 20 |
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noon |
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Hanford Nuclear Plant, Richland, Washington |
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6 US Navy F-6F Hellcat pilots |
a huge pinkish oval-shaped object, hovering 20 minutes, at about 65,000ft |
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M344 |
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Tampa, Florida |
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a USAAF C-47 crew |
a cigar-shaped object with portholes followed by a trail of fire |
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15h00 |
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Mount Rainier, Washington |
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a private plane pilot (Kenneth Arnold) |
a formation of 9 saucer-shaped objects, reflecting the sunlight |
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21h12 |
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Emmett, Idaho |
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an United Airlines DC-3 (flight 105) pilot and crew |
two formations of 5 and 4 dark grey discs flying along the plane on the same course |
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L325/103/116 |
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12h00 |
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near Mountain Home, Idaho |
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United Airlines flight 147 pilot - copilot |
2 objects shaped like "skeet target" seen flying under plane |
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Fort Knox, Kentucky |
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3 Air National Guard P-51 Mustang pilots + several thousands witnesses |
a huge circular metallic object hovered, chased by 3 planes, one P-51 crashed |
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A25.12/115 |
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Baskuschak area |
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experimental plane test pilot |
a banana-shaped object with beams of light |
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325 /406 |
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23h05 |
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Fukuoka |
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P-61 "Black Widow" (68th F.S.) pilot and radar operator |
a dark cigar-shaped object |
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255 / 303 |
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Hanford, Washington |
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F-82 USAF pilot |
one silvery disc hovered above radar station |
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Dayton, Ohio |
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2 TWA airliners + 2 F-51 fighters - pilots + ground observers |
a huge round and metallic-looking object hovered then climbed away |
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303 |
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07h00 LT |
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40°N / 127°E |
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a US Navy night fighter pilot |
2 large flying discs, with a silver mirror surface, 600-700 ft diameter |
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03/406 |
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00h20 |
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Goose Bay, Labrador |
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a USAF B-36 bomber crew |
several saucer-shaped objects during 20 minutes |
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386 |
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18h05 LT |
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20 miles south of Yakima, Washington |
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an F-94 pilot + radar operator |
a stationary red fire-ball seen by pilot several times |
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342 |
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03h20 LT |
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above North Korea |
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an F-94C pilot + Radar operator |
one bright white object, accelerated at tremendous speed |
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369 |
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03h45 LT |
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south of Chorwon |
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an F-94 fighter pilot (319th Fighter squadron) |
one white-bluish round object, tracked on airborne radar, not on ground radars |
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G |
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11h18 |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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a B-25 bomber crew |
rectangular-shaped object, aluminium in color, followed the plane's course |
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342 |
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06h00 |
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near Richlands, Washington |
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a Corner Airlines airliner - 2 pilots + 2 copilots |
a perfect circular white disc above Hanford atomic site |
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303 |
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60 miles southwest of Washington D.C. |
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a National Airlines airliner pilot |
one white-blue light approached the plane, hovered, then moved away |
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303 |
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10h51 |
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Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio |
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2 USAF F-86 fighters (97th FIS) - pilots |
a bright round object maneuvered above the fighters |
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X |
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303 / 347 / 24 |
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16h14 |
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Topcliffe, Yorkshire |
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An RAF Meteor fighter pilot (Operation Mainbrace) |
a silver disc chased the plane |
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303/324 |
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05h24 |
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100 miles south of Louisiana coast 20°18N / 92°W |
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a B-29 bomber crew |
5 small objects flew around plane, became one larger object tracked at 9000 mph |
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34 / M236 / 24 |
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21h00 |
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Newport Beach, California |
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a Marines jet fighter (El Toro AB) - pilot + radar operator |
a red fiery disc moved at great speed and chased by the fighters |
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X |
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400 |
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23h45 LT |
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north of Hiroshima 37°25N/132°25E |
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a US Navy patrol P2V-5 crew (10) |
several groups of 5-10 lights flying slowly on the left of the plane |
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342 |
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night |
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Rapid City, South Dakota |
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2 F-84 fighters pilots + ground observer |
dogfight between a ufo and two fighters (photo taken) |
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G |
X |
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034 / 303 / 24 |
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over Sondrestrom AB |
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a USAF C-47 6621st Air Squadron pilot + copilot + ground observer |
a white light flying in a easterly direction, passed above the left side of aircraft |
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G |
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03 |
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18h41/ 20h00 |
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Lake Superior, 70 miles east of Keeneenaw Point, Michigan |
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a F-89-C (433rd FIS) Kinross AFB 2 crew members |
UFO tracked by GCI, one interceptor scrambled, UFO and plane disappeared |
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303/355/358 |
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20h00 |
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Between Colombus and Dayton, Ohio |
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an ANG F-51 Mustang fighter - pilot + Control operator |
a white round light chased the plane |
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G |
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M254/03 |
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16h15 |
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North Weald, Essex |
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An RAF Meteor Mk8 fighter pilot |
a golden and a silver circular objects joined by a third silver disc |
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F30.2 / 303 |
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06h44 LT |
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30 miles east of Cochise, New Mexico |
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a USAF training bomber TB-25 instructor pilot + student pilot |
a metallic disc, looking like 2 inverted plates passed the plane |
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342 |
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09h24 |
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30 nautical miles north of Salton Sea, California |
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a B-47 (SAC) pilot |
a silver circular object, on a steady course toward south, faded in distance. |
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03 |
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14h30 |
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Ryukyu Islands, between Japan and Formosa |
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a Beechcraft pilot instructor+ student |
a hat-shaped object, with 3 windows on the top section, flew in front and under plane |
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E |
03 / 400 /412 |
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07h05 GMT |
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Pepperell AFB, New Foundland |
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2 army KC-93 pilot |
an object maneuvered in the sky (according to Bluebook: Venus) |
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324 |
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23h50 |
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Cincinnati, Ohio |
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several fighter pilots |
3 round and disc-shaped objects made evasive maneuvers |
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X |
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303 |
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near Newfoundland |
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US Navy Super Constellation R7V-2 pilot + crew |
a giant disc maneuvering near the plane |
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M273 |
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Mexico Gulf, near New Orleans |
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a Pan Am airliner - a crew member |
a big elongated object with yellow lights |
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303 |
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23h25 |
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Goose Bay, Labrador |
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an F-89 fighter pilot + radar operator |
a green and red object flew around the plane |
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342 |
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Riverside, California |
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a USN plane pilot |
one cigar-shaped object, brown with no apparent details, straight and level course |
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03 / 20 |
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- 22h50 |
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Orly airport, Paris |
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an Air France DC-3 - pilot + radio operator |
a huge red blinking light flew erratically |
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303/L132/03 |
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03h00 |
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30 miles northwest of Minot AFB, North Dakota |
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a USAF B-52 crew |
a bright red-orange object |
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G |
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E |
M282 |
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10h00 |
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Nemuro Strait |
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2 USAF F-86 fighters - pilots + ground witnesses |
2 F-86 scrambled after a disc-shaped object |
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X |
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M291 |
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20h55 |
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Santa Catarina, near Joinville |
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a Varig C-47 cargo pilot, copilot + 2 crew members |
a saucer-shaped object with a green dome or cupola, passed the plane |
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E |
M292/ 400 |
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21h18 |
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Gaydon RAF Base, Warwickshire |
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An RAF Meteor fighter pilot |
near-collision with a UFO, 6 lights came from the object when the pilot approached |
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255/413 |
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between Hobbs and Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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a Cessna 170 pilot |
three grey round objects circling around the plane, pilot interrogated by USAF |
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E |
115/ 324 |
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16h00 |
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Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana |
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a Mooney + a USAF T-33 pilots + 2 control tower operators |
a white pear-shaped object, metal looking, with a tail maneuvered during 3 hours |
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G |
X |
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342 |
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05h00 |
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Redmond, Oregon |
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6 USAF F-102 + 1 USAF B-47 + 1 USAF F-89 / pilots + ground observer |
a huge disc hovered over the city |
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G |
X |
E |
M257 |
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morning |
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Tyndall AFB, Florida |
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a fighter and a helicopter pilots 4756th Air Police Squadron |
a white-orange round object manoeuvring, disappeared when plane approached |
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G |
X |
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M277 |
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19h06 |
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Dishima Island, between Osaka and Hiroshima |
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Toa Airlines Convair 240, pilot Piper Apache pilot + ground witness |
3 ellongated objects + one circular object (diameter: 15 meter) |
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G |
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E |
M263 |
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23h00 LT |
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Madrid |
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a Spanish air force F-104 fighter pilot + other pilot + 100 witnesses |
a triangular-shaped object flying slowly |
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G |
X |
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324 |
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noon |
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Rissala AFB, near Kuopio |
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Finnish fighter pilots + ground witnesses |
7 balloon or disc- shaped objects, hovered over air base, |
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G |
X |
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03 |
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19h00 |
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Loring AFB, Maine |
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a KC-135 and a Pan Am B707 pilots |
on final approach, pilots saw a big orange ball off his left wing |
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G |
X |
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03 |
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San Juan de Puerto Rico |
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Pan Am and Caribair airliner + a USAF F-104 + T-33 + B-52 |
a huge object (40 meters long), flying slowly against wind |
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G |
X |
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07 |
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06h00 |
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West Palm Beach Airport, Florida |
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an Eastern Airlines airliner pilot + 2 USAF F-106 + ground observers |
a bright cigar, disappeared when interceptors approached |
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G |
X |
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07 / 25 |
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23h00 |
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near Mansfield, Ohio |
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Army Reserve Huey helicopter |
a cigar emitting a green beam, pilot lost control, radio out of work |
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G |
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E |
L321/ F22.4 |
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Managua |
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an airliner pilot + a military helicopter pilot + ground observers |
a UFO with blue red and green flashing lights |
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G |
X |
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L132 |
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19h00 |
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Turin Airport |
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a Piper Navajo pilot + 2 Alitalia DC-9 pilots + ground observers |
a luminous blue-red sphere, moved erratically, darting back and forth |
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G |
X |
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L133 / P38 |
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above Japan |
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A Japanese Air Force F-4EJ pilot + copilot + ground observers |
a red disc maneuvering around the plane, finally the UFO ran into the plane |
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G |
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E |
367 |
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13h34 |
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above Tequesquitengo Lake near Mexico city |
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Piper PA-24 - pilot |
3 domed-discs approached the plane and flew around, plane out of control |
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E |
317 / F21.5 |
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Stockton airport, California |
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an ANG helicopter pilot + air traffic controlers |
a disc emiting a bright orange light became dark red when climbing at great speed. |
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G |
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262 |
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76.09.19 - |
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Teheran |
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2 Iranian Air Force F-4 interceptor pilots |
a bright object. Smaller object emerged from the bigger one. |
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G |
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E |
A25.3/ 317/ 25/ 362/ 01/ PH23 |
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19h00 |
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near Brisbane, Queensland |
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an Electra aircraft crew + an air traffic controller |
a light changing colour green to red to green again, appeared to move up and down |
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G |
X |
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03 |
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night |
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West of Bogota |
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an Avianca airliner crew |
a light followed the plane, in a zig-zag flight, reacted to flashing landing lights |
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U3.1 |
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09h15 |
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Tabio |
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a Cessna 150 - a trainee pilot |
a white inverted object, looking like an inverted plate, effects on plane and pilot |
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E |
317 |
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17h00 |
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between Abilene and Dallas, Texas |
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2 private planes + 2 USAF T-38 4 pilots |
a bright red sphere hovering then climbing, changed to white and shot straight up |
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X |
E |
M181 |
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17h30 |
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Kunamura |
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a Cessna 206 - pilots |
an apparently metallic oval-shaped object passed below the plane |
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01 / M147 |
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12h50 |
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Northwest of Santa Monica, California |
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Cessna 170A pilot |
a metal-looking saucer with a clear dome and several "windows" |
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M122 |
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Eastern Washington state |
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4 military fighters - 3 pilots |
a circular green object |
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X |
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M186 |
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09h00 |
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near Taeku Air Base |
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2 ROKAF F-4 2 pilots |
a disc-shaped object, radiating a bright golden light |
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03 / 07 |
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11h30 |
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Quinto, Treviso |
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Fiat G91-R (14th Fighter Group) - pilot + ground observers |
a black cylindrical object |
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G |
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F33.1 / 07 |
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23h08 LT |
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Ibiza Island Airway Mallorca-Valencia |
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TAE Supercaravelle (flight JK-297) - pilot |
near collision with two bright red lights |
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G |
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324 / 413 / 25 |
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22h40 |
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San Jose airport, California |
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Cessna 150 - pilot + passenger |
near-collision with a bright round object (diameter: 3 m) with a pulsating red light |
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G |
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M271 |
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16h45 |
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South of Michigan Lake, near Milwaukee |
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an L-1011 airliner pilot |
a bright silver disc with 6 round portholes, reflecting the sunlight |
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F27.4 |
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03h10 |
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between Petrolina and Rio de Janeiro |
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VASP airliner crew and most passengers and other planes's crews |
followed by a bright disc with flashing red, blue, orange, yellow and white lights |
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X |
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L269 |
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21h40 |
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Pixian area, Jiansu |
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(flight CA982) + Chinese AF fighters crew + several passengers |
near collision with a milky white disc, 3 lights circled the plane, jets scrambled |
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X |
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142 |
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night |
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North of Detroit, Michigan |
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Air France B747 crew + Olympic Airways and Lufthansa crews |
metal-looking sphere with a luminous trail passed the plane |
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G |
X |
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134 |
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04h10 |
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120 km. from Minsk |
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plane TU-134A (flight 8352) crew |
a glowing yellow object, shape changing from conical, to oval, then square. |
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X |
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F30.5 / 413 |
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17h45 |
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Bulawayo and 5 other towns, Matabeleland |
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2 Hawk fighters (AF of Zimbabwe) pilots |
a very bright round object with a short cone above it |
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G |
X |
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413 |
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16h00 |
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Near Sedona, Arizona |
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Cessna 172 - pilot + his passenger |
a dome-shaped bright object with a flattened bottom passed the plane (1.200mph) |
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317 |
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20h45 |
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Rio de Janeiro |
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AIRCRAFT / UFO ENCOUNTERS CATALOG
Military, Airline and Private Pilot's UFO sightings
from 1942 to 1996
List of sources:
01- List of cases from Richard Hall
02- Cases from the files of Dr Richard Haines
03- Project 1947 Reports (cases from Jan Aldrich and Barry Greenwood)
06- Informations from Jean-Jacques Velasco, SEPRA (France)
07- Cases form Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos and Joan Plana (Spanish Aircat)
20- USAF/ATIC, Project Bluebook report forms (Project 1947)
21- USAF, declassified Air Intelligence Information Reports (Project 1947)
22- 415th Night Fighter Squadron, missions reports, Dec.1944-Apr.45 (Project 1947)
24- List of radar cases from the Condon Committee, University of Colorado (Project 1947)
25- List of radar cases from the UFO Filter Center, Francis Ridge (Project 1947)
UFO journals, reviews and magazines:
A: APRO Bulletin (Aerial Phenomena Research Organisation -USA)
A24.6 APRO bulletin vol.24 N°6 (December 1975) ....F: Flying Saucer Review (FSR PO Box 162, High Wycombe, Bucks., HP135DZ, England)
F15.1 Flying Saucer Review Volume 15 N°1 .....L: Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN -B.P. 3 - 77123 Le Vaudoué - France)
L120 LDLN N°120 ......M: MUFON UFO Journal (MUFON, 103 Oldtowne road, Seguin, TX 78155-4099 USA)
M119 MUFON UFO Journal N°119.....N: UFO Newsclipping Service (2 Caney Valley Drive, Plumerville, Arkansas 72127, USA)
N307 UFO Newsclipping Service N°307P: Phénomènes Spatiaux (GEPA, France)
P28 Phénomènes Spatiaux N°28PH: Phénomèna (SOS OVNI, BP 324, 13611 Aix-en-Provence cedex 1 - France)
PH12 Phénomèna N°12U: International UFO Reporter (CUFOS, 2457 West Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60659, USA)
U3.1 International UFO Reporter Vol.3 N°1Books in French:
34 - OVNI : Le plus grand problème scientifique de notre temps?, Dr James McDonald, GEPA
103 - Face aux soucoupes volantes, E.J. Ruppelt (France Empire 1956)
115 - Les étrangers de l'espace, Major Donald Keyhoe (France Empire 1975)
116 - Des soucoupes volantes aux ovnis, M. Bougard (SOBEPS 1976)
133 - Vague d'OVNI sur la Belgique (tome 1), SOBEPS (1991)
134 - OVNI : un pilote de ligne parle, J.G. Greslé; (Tredaniel, 1993)
142 - L'Empire du Milieu troublé par les ovnis, Shi Bo, (Axis Mundi, 1994
161 - Extraterrestres secret d'état : l'affaire Roswell, Jean-Gabriel Greslé, 1997
162 - OVNIS : 50 ans de secrets, Gildas Bourdais, Presses du Châtelet, 1997
Books, reports and documents in English:
254 - The UFO report 1992, T. Good
255 - UFO Magazine, January-February 1995
262 - True, Flying Saucers and UFO Quarterly N°4
303 - The UFO Evidence, Richard Hall (NICAP 1964)
310 - UFO Crash at Roswell, K. Randle and D. Schmitt (Avon Books 1991)
317 - Uninvited Guests, Richard Hall, Aurora press, 1988
324 - Above Top Secret, T. Good (Quill, 1988)
325 - UFO Chronicle of the Soviet Union, J. Vallée
337 - UFOs, Sightings at the Beginning of the Modern UFO Era, 1947 (CUFOS)
339 - Project Delta: a Study of Multiple UFOs, R. Haines (LDA Press 1994)
342 - The Blue Book Unknowns, Don Berliner (FUFOR)
347 - Flying Saucers from Outer Space, Major Donald Keyhoe (Holt 1953)
352 - UFO ai confini della realta, special issue of february 1986 of monthly aeronautical magazine JP4
353 - Scientific study of UFO, Dr E.U. Condon (Bantam 1968)
355 - UFO Encounters and Beyond, J. Clark (Signet, 1992)
356 - The UFO Annual, M. K. Jessup (Citadel 1956)
357 - The UFO Encyclopedia Vol. 2 : From the Beginning through 1959, J. Clark (Omnigraphics 1992)
358 - The UFO Cover-up, L. Fawcett and B. Greenwood (Fireside 1984)
359 - Statement on UFO to House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Dr J. McDonald (Washington, 1968)
361 - Flying Saucers: Top Secret, Major D. Keyhoe (Putnam, 1960)
362 - MUFON Symposium proceedings, 1979
367 - UFO Encyclopedia, 1991, John Spencer
369 - Advanced Aerial Devices reported during the Korean war, R.F. Haines (LDA 1990)
370 - FSR Case histories N°13
384 - A Helicopter/UFO Encounter over Ohio (CUFOS 1979)
386 - UFO Exist!, Paris Flammonde (Ballantine 1976)
400 - *U* UFO Database and research tool, Larry Hatch, 142 Jeter street, Redwood City, CA 94062-1957, USA
405 - 1995 Korean UFO Wave, Sunglyul Maeng, 1996
406 - Vehicle Interference Project, G. Falla, BUFORA, 1979
408 - Radar-visual UFO cases in 1952, Richard Hall, FUFOR, 1996
411 - UFOs: A history: 1953, L. Gross
412 - UFOs: A history: 1955, L. Gross
413 - Beyond Top-Secret, T. Good, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1996
415 - UFO Government Docs (CIA) Vol. 2, FUFOR
418 - MUFON International Symposium proceedings 1983
423 - The Fantastic Flight of JAL 1628, Dr Bruce Maccabee, FUFOR, 1987
424 - The Incredible Flight of JAL 1628, Quest Publications, 1992
430 - Keith Basterfield's files, Australia, Project 1947
431 - Info Pilote, February 1997, "Chasse nocturne"
432 - Flying Saucer Review N°7, New York, January 1953
433 - Mysteries of the Skies : UFOs in Perspective, G. Lore & H. Deneault, Prentice Hall, 1968
434 - On Pilots and UFOs, Willy Smith, Unicat, 1997
Acknowledgements:
Jan Aldrich and his Project 1947, Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos (Fundacion Anomalia), Patrick Delaney (IUFOPRA), Barry Greenwood, Loren Gross, Dr Richard Haines, Richard Hall (FUFOR), Larry Hatch (*U* UFO Database), Victor J. Kean (Project Flying Triangle ), Joël Mesnard (Lumières Dans La Nuit), Marco Orlandi (CISU), Perry Petrakis (SOS OVNI / Phénomèna), Joan Plana (Spanish AEROCAT), John Stepkowski, Ed Stewart, and Jean-Jacques Velasco (SEPRA/CNES).
Jan Aldrich presents some AIRCRAFT / UFO ENCOUNTERS PRIOR TO 1942.
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